World's most gratuitously expensive foods

June 8, 2017: National Hamburger Day (May 28) usually triggers a wave of burger specials the world over, however for one Dutch chef it's inspired the exact opposite.

Chef Diego Buik of South of Houston restaurant in The Hague, Netherlands used the day as an excuse to create the world's most expensive (and unattainable) burger, cramming in as many absurdly-priced food items as the motley sandwich could fit, featuring everything from Japanese dry-aged Wagyu beef, lobster, foie gras and white truffles to premium cheese and ham, and caviar. There's even a pricey — and, frankly, unappetising — sauce made with 35 lobsters, rare coffee and vanilla, saffron and soy sauce, all sandwiched between a saffron brioche bun coated in 24 karat gold leaf.

After all of that, poor Buik didn't even nab the title — the burger, which is priced at US$2314 ($3070), fell short of the record US$5000 burger held by an Oregon grill restaurant. Click through to see more obscenely expensive ways to quench your thirst or satisfy your hunger.